EP1143375A3 - Dispositif, procédé et support d'enrégistrement pour la comparaison d'images - Google Patents

Dispositif, procédé et support d'enrégistrement pour la comparaison d'images Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1143375A3
EP1143375A3 EP01107763A EP01107763A EP1143375A3 EP 1143375 A3 EP1143375 A3 EP 1143375A3 EP 01107763 A EP01107763 A EP 01107763A EP 01107763 A EP01107763 A EP 01107763A EP 1143375 A3 EP1143375 A3 EP 1143375A3
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
section
registered
target object
image
pose
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
EP01107763A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Other versions
EP1143375A2 (fr
EP1143375B1 (fr
Inventor
Rui NEC Corporation Ishiyama
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
NEC Corp
Original Assignee
NEC Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by NEC Corp filed Critical NEC Corp
Publication of EP1143375A2 publication Critical patent/EP1143375A2/fr
Publication of EP1143375A3 publication Critical patent/EP1143375A3/fr
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1143375B1 publication Critical patent/EP1143375B1/fr
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V40/00—Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
    • G06V40/10—Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
    • G06V40/16—Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/60—Extraction of image or video features relating to illumination properties, e.g. using a reflectance or lighting model
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/70—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning
    • G06V10/74—Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces
    • G06V10/75—Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video features; Coarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approaches; using context analysis; Selection of dictionaries
    • G06V10/751—Comparing pixel values or logical combinations thereof, or feature values having positional relevance, e.g. template matching
    • G06V10/7515—Shifting the patterns to accommodate for positional errors

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Evolutionary Computation (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Image Analysis (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Image Processing (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
EP01107763A 2000-04-03 2001-04-03 Dispositif, procédé et support d'enrégistrement pour la comparaison d'images Expired - Lifetime EP1143375B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2000105399 2000-04-03
JP2000105399A JP2001283216A (ja) 2000-04-03 2000-04-03 画像照合装置、画像照合方法、及びそのプログラムを記録した記録媒体

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1143375A2 EP1143375A2 (fr) 2001-10-10
EP1143375A3 true EP1143375A3 (fr) 2004-05-26
EP1143375B1 EP1143375B1 (fr) 2008-12-31

Family

ID=18618766

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP01107763A Expired - Lifetime EP1143375B1 (fr) 2000-04-03 2001-04-03 Dispositif, procédé et support d'enrégistrement pour la comparaison d'images

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (1) US7227973B2 (fr)
EP (1) EP1143375B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2001283216A (fr)
DE (1) DE60137162D1 (fr)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7747104B2 (en) 2005-03-02 2010-06-29 Panasonic Corporation Image generating method, object detecting method, object detecting equipment, and image generating program

Families Citing this family (69)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6975361B2 (en) * 2000-02-22 2005-12-13 Minolta Co., Ltd. Imaging system, two-dimensional photographing device and three-dimensional measuring device
US6853745B1 (en) * 2000-11-03 2005-02-08 Nec Laboratories America, Inc. Lambertian reflectance and linear subspaces
JP4573085B2 (ja) * 2001-08-10 2010-11-04 日本電気株式会社 位置姿勢認識装置とその位置姿勢認識方法、及び位置姿勢認識プログラム
JP2003208601A (ja) 2002-01-15 2003-07-25 Nec Corp ３次元物体撮影装置、３次元形状モデル生成装置、３次元形状モデル生成方法、３次元形状モデル生成プログラム
JP4161659B2 (ja) 2002-02-27 2008-10-08 日本電気株式会社 画像認識システム及びその認識方法並びにプログラム
JP2008217803A (ja) * 2002-02-27 2008-09-18 Nec Corp 画像認識システム及びその認識方法並びにプログラム
CN1669052B (zh) * 2002-07-10 2010-05-26 日本电气株式会社 使用三维物体模型的图像匹配系统以及图像匹配方法
WO2004044829A1 (fr) * 2002-11-08 2004-05-27 Data Flow / Alaska, Inc. Systeme pour identifier de façon univoque des sujets pris dans une population cible
JP4375523B2 (ja) * 2002-12-20 2009-12-02 富士ゼロックス株式会社 画像処理装置、画像処理方法、画像処理プログラム、印刷物検査装置、印刷物検査方法、印刷物検査プログラム
JP2004252603A (ja) * 2003-02-18 2004-09-09 Canon Inc 三次元データ処理方法
US7090134B2 (en) 2003-03-04 2006-08-15 United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. System for projecting a handling instruction onto a moving item or parcel
US7063256B2 (en) 2003-03-04 2006-06-20 United Parcel Service Of America Item tracking and processing systems and methods
JP2006522411A (ja) 2003-03-06 2006-09-28 アニメトリックス，インク． 複数の特徴を含むオブジェクトの画像データベースの生成
US7643671B2 (en) 2003-03-24 2010-01-05 Animetrics Inc. Facial recognition system and method
US20040243415A1 (en) * 2003-06-02 2004-12-02 International Business Machines Corporation Architecture for a speech input method editor for handheld portable devices
US7706601B2 (en) 2003-08-29 2010-04-27 Nec Corporation Object posture estimation/correlation system using weight information
US20050058350A1 (en) * 2003-09-15 2005-03-17 Lockheed Martin Corporation System and method for object identification
JP4531501B2 (ja) * 2003-09-29 2010-08-25 富士フイルム株式会社 照合システム及びそのプログラム
WO2005038716A1 (fr) * 2003-10-21 2005-04-28 Nec Corporation Systeme et procede de collationnement d'images
JP2005151282A (ja) * 2003-11-18 2005-06-09 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd 画像処理装置、画像処理方法、およびプログラム
DE102004023322A1 (de) * 2004-05-07 2005-11-24 Daimlerchrysler Ag Lage- und Positionsvermessung von Objekten mittels Bildverarbeitungsverfahren
US7561717B2 (en) 2004-07-09 2009-07-14 United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. System and method for displaying item information
JP4284664B2 (ja) * 2004-11-04 2009-06-24 日本電気株式会社 三次元形状推定システム及び画像生成システム
JP4586548B2 (ja) * 2005-01-26 2010-11-24 ソニー株式会社 物体検出装置および物体検出方法
JP2007066227A (ja) * 2005-09-02 2007-03-15 Fujifilm Corp 画像処理装置および方法並びにプログラム
US8320660B2 (en) * 2005-06-03 2012-11-27 Nec Corporation Image processing system, 3-dimensional shape estimation system, object position/posture estimation system and image generation system
JP4533273B2 (ja) * 2005-08-09 2010-09-01 キヤノン株式会社 画像処理装置及び画像処理方法、プログラム
US7609883B1 (en) * 2005-10-11 2009-10-27 Adobe Systems, Incorporated Method and apparatus for compensating for uneven lighting in an image
EP1821249A1 (fr) * 2006-02-14 2007-08-22 Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH Technique d'interconnexion de réseaux de paiement par carte
DE102006009119A1 (de) * 2006-02-24 2007-09-13 Daimlerchrysler Ag 3D-Lageerkennung unter Verwendung komplexen Modellwissens
US8239220B2 (en) * 2006-06-08 2012-08-07 Injury Sciences Llc Method and apparatus for obtaining photogrammetric data to estimate impact severity
JP5018029B2 (ja) * 2006-11-10 2012-09-05 コニカミノルタホールディングス株式会社 認証システム及び認証方法
US8150101B2 (en) 2006-11-13 2012-04-03 Cybernet Systems Corporation Orientation invariant object identification using model-based image processing
EP2151803A4 (fr) * 2007-04-25 2010-11-17 Nec Corp Procédé, dispositif et programme pour mesurer une capacité d'ajustement de qualité d'image, et procédé, dispositif et programme pour ajuster une qualité d'image
JP4950787B2 (ja) * 2007-07-12 2012-06-13 株式会社東芝 画像処理装置及びその方法
JP4420085B2 (ja) * 2007-08-20 2010-02-24 ソニー株式会社 データ処理装置、データ処理方法、プログラムおよび記録媒体
JP5181704B2 (ja) * 2008-02-07 2013-04-10 日本電気株式会社 データ処理装置、姿勢推定システム、姿勢推定方法およびプログラム
JP5166102B2 (ja) * 2008-04-22 2013-03-21 株式会社東芝 画像処理装置及びその方法
CN102112844B (zh) 2008-07-29 2013-04-24 微软国际控股私有有限公司 成像系统
DE102008052206A1 (de) * 2008-10-10 2010-04-15 Hamberger Industriewerke Gmbh Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Zuordnen einer WC-Sitzgarnitur
EP2405393B1 (fr) * 2009-03-04 2021-07-28 Nec Corporation Dispositif, procédé et programme de création d'informations pour estimer la position d'un objet
JP5588196B2 (ja) * 2010-02-25 2014-09-10 キヤノン株式会社 認識装置及びその制御方法、コンピュータプログラム
EP2542476A4 (fr) * 2010-03-05 2015-11-25 Frédéric Poirier Système et méthode de vérification d'emballage de prescription
US8194072B2 (en) * 2010-03-26 2012-06-05 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. Method for synthetically relighting images of objects
JP2012053708A (ja) * 2010-09-01 2012-03-15 Toshiba Tec Corp 店舗システム、売上登録装置及びプログラム
JP5743499B2 (ja) * 2010-11-10 2015-07-01 キヤノン株式会社 画像生成装置、画像生成方法、およびプログラム
KR20130015326A (ko) * 2011-08-03 2013-02-14 삼성전기주식회사 카메라 시스템 및 이를 이용한 거리 인식 방법
US11086196B2 (en) * 2012-08-31 2021-08-10 Audatex North America, Llc Photo guide for vehicle
US20140316825A1 (en) * 2013-04-18 2014-10-23 Audatex North America, Inc. Image based damage recognition and repair cost estimation
DE102013211005A1 (de) * 2013-06-13 2014-12-18 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren zum Ermitteln eines Zustands eines Fahrzeugs nach einer Benutzung des Fahrzeugs und entsprechendes System
US9830567B2 (en) 2013-10-25 2017-11-28 Location Labs, Inc. Task management system and method
JP6271953B2 (ja) * 2013-11-05 2018-01-31 キヤノン株式会社 画像処理装置、画像処理方法
TW201531960A (zh) * 2013-11-14 2015-08-16 Sicpa Holding Sa 用於驗證產品的圖像分析
US8805088B1 (en) * 2013-12-16 2014-08-12 Google Inc. Specularity determination from images
JP6642968B2 (ja) * 2014-03-20 2020-02-12 キヤノン株式会社 情報処理装置、情報処理方法、プログラム
CN105096304B (zh) * 2014-05-22 2018-01-02 华为技术有限公司 一种图像特征的估计方法和设备
US9727776B2 (en) * 2014-05-27 2017-08-08 Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc Object orientation estimation
US20170099476A1 (en) * 2015-10-01 2017-04-06 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Photographing device and method of controlling the same
US10445898B2 (en) * 2016-02-05 2019-10-15 Sony Corporation System and method for camera calibration by use of rotatable three-dimensional calibration object
CN107886032B (zh) * 2016-09-30 2021-12-14 阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司 终端设备、智能手机、基于脸部识别的认证方法和系统
DE102017203661A1 (de) 2017-03-07 2018-09-13 Audi Ag Verfahren zur Schadenserkennung an einem Prüfobjekt, insbesondere an einem Kraftfahrzeug, sowie Prüfvorrichtung
US10471478B2 (en) 2017-04-28 2019-11-12 United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. Conveyor belt assembly for identifying an asset sort location and methods of utilizing the same
JP6991771B2 (ja) 2017-07-31 2022-01-13 キヤノン株式会社 情報処理装置、情報処理システム、情報処理方法及びプログラム
US11521460B2 (en) 2018-07-25 2022-12-06 Konami Gaming, Inc. Casino management system with a patron facial recognition system and methods of operating same
AU2019208182B2 (en) 2018-07-25 2021-04-08 Konami Gaming, Inc. Casino management system with a patron facial recognition system and methods of operating same
WO2020065798A1 (fr) * 2018-09-26 2020-04-02 日本電気株式会社 Système d'identification individuelle
JP2023044071A (ja) * 2021-09-17 2023-03-30 富士フイルムビジネスイノベーション株式会社 照合装置及び照合プログラム
TWI834495B (zh) * 2023-02-10 2024-03-01 所羅門股份有限公司 物件姿態辨識方法及系統
US20260060648A1 (en) * 2024-08-27 2026-03-05 Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc. Markerless Pose Estimation of a Medical Device from a Single Camera

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH06168317A (ja) * 1992-11-30 1994-06-14 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 個人識別装置
JPH09259271A (ja) * 1996-03-22 1997-10-03 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 人物照合装置

Family Cites Families (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2872776B2 (ja) 1990-08-20 1999-03-24 日本電信電話株式会社 顔画像照合装置
JP2532985B2 (ja) 1990-09-20 1996-09-11 工業技術院長 ３次元画像評価装置
JPH04256185A (ja) 1991-02-08 1992-09-10 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 画像認識システムのサンプル画像収集方法
JPH0573663A (ja) 1991-09-17 1993-03-26 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> ３次元物体の画像認識法
JPH06109441A (ja) 1992-09-29 1994-04-19 Toshiba Corp モデル入力装置
JP3499608B2 (ja) 1994-09-22 2004-02-23 松下電器産業株式会社 入力座標判定装置
JP3347508B2 (ja) 1995-02-24 2002-11-20 キヤノン株式会社 撮像画像処理装置および撮像画像処理方法
JPH10162137A (ja) 1996-12-04 1998-06-19 Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc:The 物体認識装置及び物体認識方法
JPH10302064A (ja) 1997-03-25 1998-11-13 Nec Corp 欠陥データとの線形適合方法、動きから構造への適用方法、強度画像の特徴決定への適用方法および装置
JPH1153547A (ja) 1997-07-31 1999-02-26 Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc:The 認識対象物体の物体領域抽出装置および物体領域抽出方法
JPH11123687A (ja) 1997-10-22 1999-05-11 Tsubakimoto Chain Co 把持装置
US6002782A (en) * 1997-11-12 1999-12-14 Unisys Corporation System and method for recognizing a 3-D object by generating a 2-D image of the object from a transformed 3-D model
US6496594B1 (en) * 1998-10-22 2002-12-17 Francine J. Prokoski Method and apparatus for aligning and comparing images of the face and body from different imagers
JP3611239B2 (ja) * 1999-03-08 2005-01-19 富士通株式会社 三次元ｃｇモデル作成装置および処理プログラムを記録した記録媒体
JP2000306095A (ja) 1999-04-16 2000-11-02 Fujitsu Ltd 画像照合・検索システム
US6956569B1 (en) 2000-03-30 2005-10-18 Nec Corporation Method for matching a two dimensional image to one of a plurality of three dimensional candidate models contained in a database

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH06168317A (ja) * 1992-11-30 1994-06-14 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 個人識別装置
JPH09259271A (ja) * 1996-03-22 1997-10-03 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 人物照合装置

Non-Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
BESL P J ET AL: "THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT RECOGNITION", ACM COMPUTING SURVEYS, NEW YORK, NY, US, VOL. 17, NR. 1, PAGE(S) 75-145, ISSN: 0360-0300, XP008018762 *
GEORGHIADES A S ET AL: "Illumination cones for recognition under variable lighting: faces", COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION, 1998. PROCEEDINGS. 1998 IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY CONFERENCE ON SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA 23-25 JUNE 1998, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 23 June 1998 (1998-06-23), pages 52 - 58, XP010291667, ISBN: 0-8186-8497-6 *
HO S-Y ET AL: "An analytic solution for the pose determination of human faces from a monocular image", PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS, NORTH-HOLLAND PUBL. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 19, no. 11, 1 September 1998 (1998-09-01), pages 1045 - 1054, XP004142893, ISSN: 0167-8655 *
MURASE H ET AL: "VISUAL LEARNING AND RECOGNITION OF 3-D OBJECTS FROM APPEARANCE", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, NORWELL, US, vol. 14, no. 1, 1995, pages 5 - 24, XP000486837, ISSN: 0920-5691 *

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7747104B2 (en) 2005-03-02 2010-06-29 Panasonic Corporation Image generating method, object detecting method, object detecting equipment, and image generating program

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE60137162D1 (de) 2009-02-12
JP2001283216A (ja) 2001-10-12
US7227973B2 (en) 2007-06-05
EP1143375A2 (fr) 2001-10-10
US20010033685A1 (en) 2001-10-25
EP1143375B1 (fr) 2008-12-31

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP1143375A3 (fr) Dispositif, procédé et support d&#39;enrégistrement pour la comparaison d&#39;images
CN106909911B (zh) 图像处理方法、图像处理装置和电子装置
CN106851238B (zh) 白平衡控制方法、白平衡控制装置及电子装置
EP1431912A3 (fr) Méthode et système pour déterminer une region d&#39;importance dans une image archivée
EP1271394A3 (fr) Procédé de localisation automatique des yeux dans une image
WO2006019970A3 (fr) Procede et systeme de visionique
CN107025635A (zh) 基于景深的图像饱和度的处理方法、处理装置和电子装置
CA2184561A1 (fr) Appareil detecteur de la presence d&#39;objets, avec estimation de la position d&#39;un objet plan par la transformee de hough
CN109448045B (zh) 基于slam的平面多边形物体测量方法及机器可读存储介质
EP3196805A3 (fr) Estimation d&#39;orientation de cible au moyen de détection de profondeur
EP1043642A3 (fr) Système de robot avec fonction de traitement d&#39;images
EP1594322A3 (fr) Détermination de position
EP1901029A3 (fr) Procédé et appareil de mesure de la position et de l&#39;orientation
EP1288845A3 (fr) Procédé et dispositif d&#39;authentification des utilisateurs
CN107018323B (zh) 控制方法、控制装置和电子装置
EP1983484A4 (fr) Dispositif de detection d&#39;objet tridimensionnel
EP1045328A3 (fr) Système et méthode de détection automatique optique
EP1093907A3 (fr) Procédé et appareil pour positionner automatiquement une lentille dans un bloc de finition
EP1453026A3 (fr) Images tridimensionnelles
EP1087204A3 (fr) Télémètre utilisant des images stéréoscopiques
EP1596218A3 (fr) Méthode et appareil pour le traitement d&#39;information
CN107016348A (zh) 结合深度信息的人脸检测方法、检测装置和电子装置
CN109035326A (zh) 基于亚像素图像识别的高精度定位技术
Cherian et al. Accurate 3D ground plane estimation from a single image
EP1455303A3 (fr) Dispositif pour la recherche des points correspondants dans une paire d&#39;images

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI

PUAL Search report despatched

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL LT LV MK RO SI

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: 7G 06K 9/64 A

Ipc: 7G 06K 9/00 B

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20040428

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20040908

AKX Designation fees paid

Designated state(s): DE GB

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20040908

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): DE GB

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 60137162

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 20090212

Kind code of ref document: P

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20091001

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20130403

Year of fee payment: 13

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20130327

Year of fee payment: 13

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 60137162

Country of ref document: DE

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20140403

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 60137162

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20141101

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20141101

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20140403